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Jonny Wilkinson

”I am absolutely over the moon to have won this important case”, says Finch.   Well, bully for her!    With this “important case”  being unlikely to have any measurable effect on global warming, the results on our own ability to generate our energy independent of other countries WILL have a measurable effect.

Finch obviously hasn’t considered (or doesn’t care) about the hundreds of patients who rely on electrically-powered, home-based life support equipment, where a power outage can have life-threatening occurrences.

Also, the products from oil are not limited to energy production - they involve substances for the treatment of medical conditions, some of which are critical in supporting life, and shortages in these areas could mean people may die unnecessarily.  

Our government must curb these activists and their fee-grabbing lawyers, and make the UK operate for the benefit of the many - not the narrow-minded few.

 

Firstly, it has gone up significantly from £72-ish to £89 (!!).

They've also removed the 2-year policy, which brought it down effectively to about £67-ish (Bargain!), and they have also removed the discount for having more than one vehicle covered at the same address (Major suckage).

In light of that, and the revelation on another thread that they claim to offer unlimited callouts but threaten to charge you if they're called out for the same problem more than once within 28 days, I'm feeling much less inclined to renew as I've watched it get steadily worse value over the years and it's hit a tipping point with me now.

Before it was a total no-brainer, but now it's merely competitive. Am currently leaning towards other companies other members have recommended, like GreenFlag and Start Rescue. Any other recommendations welcomed!

I do wonder what happened to the old Toyota team who ran the Roadside Assistance call centre; They were much easier to get through to and talk with. The whole thing is run by the AA directly now, and they've always been far more tedious to deal with (I think in an old thread I said it was worth going through Toyota Roadside just so I didn't have to deal with the AA call centres!!)

When I first got the Toyota Roadside, it was something like £50 (Which was an absolute bargain) and you got lots of perks like discounted airport parking, wine, hotels and such (Admittedly almost nobody used them but still...), then they switched from the RAC to AA and 'streamlined' it so it was just recovery (Fair enough we thought, since practically nobody used the aforementioned perks), then the price kept creeping up a bit every now and then, which was fine as it was only by small amounts, but to get such a large increase with such significant limitations on the callouts allowed as well just rubs me the wrong way...

I mean, am I wrong or are they very expensive now? The AA's headline price is nearly double for equivalent cover, but if you pay monthly instead of yearly they're currently offering a 33% discount which lessens the difference significantly AND it isn't tied to just one car but follows the driver, plus I bet there are still the traditional AA discounts you can wrangle. GreenFlag and RAC are virtually the same price, although I haven't checked if they have similar sneaky underhanded clauses like the AA's 28 day thing.

Any of guys had or have this condition and how did you get on ?

Comments and tips appreciated.

But the literature printed on the label.  - and there’s a lot of it - is so tiny that it is so difficult to read, even with a magnifying glass.   Many manufacturers pare guilty of this fault - from DIY products to foodstuffs.  When shopping in supermarkets, I find best before/use by dates very hard to read - frequently because they ‘wrong colour’ printing on unsuitable backgrounds.  One example is a brand of pie - small white print on a pale orange background.

The government are good at insisting upon packaging having lots of information (e.g., nutrition values), but should they not have gone further and legislated for ALL important information to be of reasonably large print, and with a strikingly visible difference between print and background?  Shoppers with very limited vision must really have problems.

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/is-it-the-end-of-the-road-for-manual-gearboxes-as-their-used-car-residual-values-tumble/302918

Cleared the P0900 code and drove it for a few days, rescanned, and the code has not reappeared. Not cleared the other one because it comes up as current. 

Is this whole problem just down to a calibration issue? If it is could someone outline the EXACT procedure for doing this in my car's current drivable state? I have not changed any part of the gearbox mechanism including the acuator. All procedures I have found seem to be unclear about the steps before the calibration. I'd rather get it right first time rather than ending up with a car that doesn't drive at all. The car drives bang on in every other gear and the clutch still pulls well at 101000 miles. Its just the problems outlined that let it down. Thanks for all your help.

We were on a campsite in France during the 75th D-Day anniversary. A couple of fellow Brits (husband and wife) decided to go to Avranche for the celebrations.  They were stopped by the police before they got anywhere near the event, or the invasion beaches. Everything was tight security for the dignitaries.

They returned later, feeling quite disgruntled - saying the celebrations were for high society, not the common people who would probably show more genuine sadness for the dead.

My wife and I have visited several war cemeteries, including Omaha and Thiepval.  The British Commonwealth cemeteries are the most harrowing - you can walk right up to the headstones and read personal script, such as “…only son of…”, with names of 18 - 20 years of age being frighteningly commonplace.   We also visited a German cemetery - not as well kept as the Allied ones - with 29,000 graves in it.

I am not ashamed to admit that we both had tears running down our cheeks  - we are glad to have paid our respects, but we could not face that sadness again.  Unlike the dignitaries, who were exchanging conversation and laughter with no apparent solemnity of the occasion.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/03/business/toyota-mazda-halt-shipments-japan-safety/index.html

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/japanese-car-industry-in-shambles-as-toyota-mazda-honda-admit-to-faking-safety-tests-234873.html#

Their replacement price was £206.  I haggled down to £157 which was marginally less that KwikFit, and the same as Halfords/National Tyre.  I then went to Formula 1 tyres - £139.

Make is not relevant, just the totally different prices for the same tyre.

Lasts until I'm almost home.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news/mandatory-speed-limiters-on-uk-cars-from-2022?lid=ezo4oymp4hrm&utm_source=consumer-marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=at_braze_cars_web_email_scheduled_monthly_bau_consumer-newsletter-ph-jun24&utm_term=cars&utm_content=

https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/05/13/travel-restrictions-for-electric-and-hybrid-vehicles-on-ferries-safety-concerns-and-challenges/

The government are also raking in vast amounts of extra fuel tax with these high prices. This madness has to stop.

Last Friday, the four cones reappeared in the same position, but this time a further two in the gutter on the opposite side of the road.  This morning May 7, without anything happening, the cones have disappeared again.

The only explanation I can think of, is that the cones are undergoing tests to check that they are working satisfactorily.

Yesterday the engineer visited, and confirmed the meter was working correctly, and there were no leaks between their stop tap and mine.  The engineer suggested that I should go on line and check my bills, and gave me the current meter reading, and the serial number of the meter.

I did some checking (the bills are a pig to understand) but one thing I spotted was that the serial number of our meter, given to me by the engineer, is different to the serial number shown on my bills.

I contacted S/T and told the agent about this anomaly, and now there is an investigation to be carried out to see if I am being overcharged for water.  What a ruddy mess!

Come off it, Rishi.  At the time of 2 years conscription for military service, people were more subserviant then.  Today’s youth will not be so willing to be forced into any form of “service to the country”, and there is a large Human Rights movement ready to back the resistance.

Millions gave their lives to protect their country, and “make it a place for heroes”.  Indigenous descendants have watched the country being handed out to outsiders on a plate

My late Dad had a record in his collection, and the song was “There’ll always be an England” and he played it regularly.  It is now in our attic, and will never be played again - more likely a candidate for the tip on the next clear out.

Sunak’s only gain (or should I say loss?) is that thousands of young folk, who just might have voted Conservative, will now turn to other parties to cast their vote!!!